TELEGRAM TO I. N. SMIRNOV[2]

Written:Written on March 9, 1920Published:First published in 1938 inBolshevikNo. 2.

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Noterms whatever with Socialist-Revolutionaries and
Mensheviks: either they submit to us unconditionally or
they will be
arrested.[1]

[1]Inthe typewritten copy of the telegram this is followed by the
words: “On behalf of the Politbureau,Lenin.”—Ed.

[2]Writtenin reply to a telegram from I. N. Smirnov, Chairman
of the Siberian Revolutionary Committee, who reported that
the Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries made it a
condition for their participation in the buffer state government (see
Note 345) that no territories should be conceded in the Far East.
Smirnov wrote: “Communicate your decision directly to Janson
in Karakhan’s code and to me at the Siberian Revolutionary
Committee.” =

On this telegram Lenin wrote the draft of a reply
to Smirnov, on which there is a note: “Agreed.N. Krestinsky,L. Kamenev.” At the same time, Lenin sent a telegram to Janson
in Irkutsk: “The Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries must
join the buffer state government without any conditions. If they
do not submit to us without any conditions they will be arrested.” =

(Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51, p. 413.)